Leucate
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Leucate is a commune of the Aude département, in southwestern France.
[edit] Geography
Leucate is a part of the eastern Corbières (mountains) Mountains, which are called the Corbières maritimes.
Impressions of Leucate Village
 Main road |
 Back road |
 World war I and II memorial |
 On the farmer's market |
Impressions of Leucate Plage
 View from the Étang |
 Some handsome summer residences |
 The spacious southern beach |
 The crowded northern beach |
Impressions of Cap Leucate
 The naval radar station |
 The natural cover |
 The light house |
 A TV-transmitter and the lighthouse |
Impressions of La Franqui
 View from above the cliffs |
 A distant view from the seaside |
 A nice summer residence |
 Some unpretentious holiday flats |
Impressions of Port Leucate
 View from Étang to harbour |
 Partial view from southwest |
 Some boats in the harbour |
 Aside the promenade |
Impressions of Les villages naturistes
 The Nude beach (southern end) ... |
 ... extends over 1500 meters. |
 The inner courtyard of Club Oasis ... |
 ... and Les Maisons de la Jete". |
[edit] Scientific and popular (Science) books and articles about Leucate
- Nöel Hautemanière and Jacques Hiron: Leucate : plein cadre; livre de photographies. Toreilles, 2004, ISBN 2-9516053-3-1.
- Christophe Neff: Kulturlandschaftswandel, Fremdenverkehr und Biodiversität auf der Halbinsel Leucate (Dept. Aude / Frankreich). In: Fremdenverkehrsgebiete des Mittelmeerraumes im Umbruch. Beiträge der Tagung des Arbeitskreises "Geographische Mittelmeerländer-Forschung“ vom 11.-13. Oktober 1996 in Regensburg. Regensburger Geographische Schriften, Heft 27, S. 99-135, Regensburg, 1998, ISBN 3-88246-193-4
- Christophe Neff : Observation géographiques et floristiques sur la presqu'île de Leucate. In: Bul. Soc. Et. Sc. Nat. Nimes et Gard, T. 62, 1999, 23-34.
- Christophe Neff and Peter Frankenberg : Reflexions géobotaniques sur les plantes échappees de jardins: L´exemple de Euphorbia dendroides et d´autres espèces ornementales dans la région de Leucate et dans les Corbières maritimes (Aude, France). In : Bul. Soc. Et. Sc. Nat. Nîmes et Gard, T. 63, 2001, 7- 10.
- Christophe Neff : Les Corbières maritimes – forment-elles un étage de végétation méditerranéenne thermophile masqué par la pression humaine ? In: Eric Fouache (Edit.): The Mediterranean World Environment and History. IAG Working Group on Geo-archeology, Symposium Proceedings. Environmental Dynamics and History in Mediterranean Areas, Paris, Université de Paris – Sorbonne 24 – 26 avril 2002. Paris, 2003, 191 – 202, (Elsevier France, ISBN 2-84299-452-3).
[edit] External link
- Leucate.net (French)
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